We couldn’t be more excited about Bilal’s new album, A Love Surreal, even if it feels like it’s forever away. And to give us some insight into the album, the jazz singer let’s us in on some behind-the-scenes footage from the recording and creative process. A Love Surreal was originally intended to simply be an EP, but it looks like the session musicians were knocking out tunes so easily that they came up with an entire LP in a matter of a few days.

Pre-order Bilal’s A Love Surreal on iTunes now. Watch the first installment of the behind-the-scenes footage leading up to the release of A Love Surreal on Feb. 26.